# Hey is there a tool out there that can generate and checksum the audio file excluding id3 tag?

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**Created:** [October 26, 2019, 5:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hey-is-there-a-tool-out-there-that-can-generate-and-checksum-the-audio-file-excluding-id3-tag/46865 "2019-10-26T05:13:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![suta](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@suta](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/suta)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 5:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hey-is-there-a-tool-out-there-that-can-generate-and-checksum-the-audio-file-excluding-id3-tag/46865/1 "2019-10-26T05:13:18Z")

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hey is there a tool out there that can generate and checksum the audio file excluding id3 tag?

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hey-is-there-a-tool-out-there-that-can-generate-and-checksum-the-audio-file-excluding-id3-tag/46865/2 "2019-10-26T08:08:58Z")

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See the export function of MP3tag:  
[https://docs.mp3tag.de/export](https://docs.mp3tag.de/export)

| Variable | Description |
| --- | --- |
| %\_md5% | MD5-Hash of the file (slow!) |
| %\_md5audio% | MD5-Hash of the audio part of the file (slow and only supported for ID3- and/or APE-only tagged files) |

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**Author:** ![suta](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@suta](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/suta)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 8:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hey-is-there-a-tool-out-there-that-can-generate-and-checksum-the-audio-file-excluding-id3-tag/46865/3 "2019-10-26T08:16:35Z")

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Hi Ohrenkino.. I'm aware of %\_md5audio% however I don't think mp3tag can use that piece of info to verify mp3 files. or do you know any tools I could use %\_md5audio% generated md5 to check against the audio file?

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 8:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hey-is-there-a-tool-out-there-that-can-generate-and-checksum-the-audio-file-excluding-id3-tag/46865/4 "2019-10-26T08:22:26Z")

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MP3tag can do that.  
The md5 checksum is part of an export script, you would have to re-import the data to a file or whereever you need it.  
You can run the checksum generation again and compare the generated value with the stored value.